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Re: Harrison Signed with Patriots

Post by SOCALSTEEL » Wed Dec 27, 2017 2:08 am

BethlehemSteel wrote:Steelers players response

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2017/12/st ... -patriots/

Sounds more jesting than anything else

Part of the plot :P


Something definitely went down internally.



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Post by BethlehemSteel » Wed Dec 27, 2017 2:13 am

SOCALSTEEL wrote:
BethlehemSteel wrote:Steelers players response

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2017/12/st ... -patriots/

Sounds more jesting than anything else

Part of the plot :P


Something definitely went down internally.


I’m hedging on subterfuge

September story says James ok with his role

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... ying-time/

Come Early December he blazes the joint. No pun intended

http://defpen.com/james-harrison-upset-role-insurance/

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Post by StillerInCT » Wed Dec 27, 2017 2:24 am

TB wrote:I predict Harrison breaks the NFL single game record and has 8 sacks on Sunday. I'd put good money on it actually.

After his 8th and final sack of the day, a play on fourth down that seals the Patriots victory and #1 seed in the playoffs, Harrison will rip off his jersey to reveal a custom undershirt. The front will read "Eat shit, Mikey T!" and the back will feature a rather distasteful drawing of the ghost of Dan Rooney on his knees groveling at a massive 12" wang of Robert Kraft playfully bouncing in front of his face. Later, some will say at the right angle you can even see a slight sparkle coming from Kraft's eye looking down upon the sheepish Rooney.

Thousands will rush the field, lifting Harrison onto their collective shoulders in a scene that will echo the ending to Rudy but here the fans will chant "Tomlin sucks, Tomlin sucks!" instead. Effigies of Mike Tomlin will be hung from trees, tarred and feathered, torn apart by dogs, and doused with fire hoses -- all of which will in no way be racially motivated at all.

The Patriots will win each playoff game by 30 or more points, culminating in a 60-3 win over the Vikings in a SB. The 60 points pairing up with their 6 SB trophies. Tom Brady and James Harrison will both immediately announce they are returning for #7 next season while Ben Roethlisberger retires, Le'veon Bell signs with the San Francisco 49ers, and Todd Haley signs a 4 year extension.



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Post by 86n96 » Wed Dec 27, 2017 2:24 am

swissvale72 wrote:All this said, at this point, FUCK James Harrison.

I'm hoping he either....
*Sucks ass
*Gets hurt

But rues the fuckin' day, he rejected the Steelers offer to resign him, and went off with the enemy instead.

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Post by jeemie » Wed Dec 27, 2017 2:25 am

The Steelers forfeit the game against Cleveland and their playoff game out of fear.

Harrison then retires and watches the Pats win #6 from Kraft's box.
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Post by Legacy User » Wed Dec 27, 2017 2:46 am

I find it very embarrassing bordering on humiliating that Tomlin would release a Steeler legend that is still a damn good situational pass rusmher, during the Christmas holidays and to have him shack up with the hated fucken pats, way to go Tomlin!

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Post by Legacy User » Wed Dec 27, 2017 2:49 am

swissvale72 wrote:All this said, at this point, FUCK James Harrison.

I'm hoping he either....
*Sucks ass
*Gets hurt

But rues the fuckin' day, he rejected the Steelers offer to resign him, and went off with the enemy instead.




id be the first to root for injuries, but when it comes to Deebo, no way I just cant, I will just hope that

A) Hes actually a mole, gathering pats intel for us.
B) He doesn't play well

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Post by Old School Steeler » Wed Dec 27, 2017 2:59 am

I'm not saying this seals it, I am saying if we come out of the AFC it will be in spite of Tomlin. This was an emotional decision, don't even try to challenge the notion that there is one shred of logic behind this move.

This dumb fuck just motivated James to work his ass off and come back next year so they can humiliate Tomlin again on national TV season opener up in Foxboro next Sept.

Considering the league position its better than 50% that in Feb we'll look back and understand that the only shot we had was home field and Tomlin melted like an emotional 14 year old girl and cost us that game. If we could dissect his brain we'd see that the part that controls logic is wired to speech.

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Post by Legacy User » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:00 am

By Mark Kaboly 54 minutes ago
It sure has the feeling of a scorned lover, now doesn't it?
The Steelers unceremoniously dumped James Harrison two days before Christmas, after misleading him for months, just for him to instantly hook up with someone he knew darn well would hurt them the most.
Enter the New England Patriots.
Harrison — the Steelers' franchise leaders in sacks and a folk hero around these parts — signed with the Patriots on Tuesday, a day after Harrison cleared waivers. It ended a 14-year relationship between a player and a fan base that rarely has been seen before.
Sure, Joe Greene and Jack Lambert are loved and revered now and Troy Polamalu was as popular as any player ever to pull on a Steelers helmet during his playing days, but they all pale in comparison to the relationship Steelers fans had with Harrison.
Was there ever a city and a person more fit for one another?
And now, that's gone, and there's nobody to blame other than Harrison.
Harrison is a proud man and that's one of the big reasons why he was such a fan favorite — well, that and his no-nonsense, knock-your-head-off, bad-ass Deebo persona that he was more than happy to wear on his sleeve in the form of intimidation.
But being a proud man is something, unfortunately, he might look back on in the near future and regret. Now, knowing Harrison, he would never admit that, but that doesn't mean that isn't true.
There's only one reason why Harrison signed with the Patriots …
-It had nothing to do with having another chance to raise a Lombardi because if the Patriots go on and win the Super Bowl this year, you think that would be gratifying for a guy who was signed Week 17? It's the journey not the destination, right?
-It had nothing to do with money. By signing a one-year deal for likely the veteran minimum, he will be paid $59,000 for next week's game against the Jets and could get another $210,000 if the Patriots win the Super Bowl. For a guy who has made in excess of $43 million over his career, you can classify that as chump change.
-It had nothing to do with playing time. There's no guarantee that Harrison is going to get significant playing time with the Patriots. Surely, Bill Belichick has a role in mind for Harrison or he wouldn't have signed him, but what can the Genius glean from the 40 snaps he saw on tape from this year?
This all had to do with pride.
Mike Tomlin doesn't think that Harrison is good enough to warrant playing time over T.J. Watt and Bud Dupree, which he's right. Harrison's not better than those two.
Tomlin doesn't think Harrison's better than Arthur Moats or Anthony Chickillo (both free agents at the end of the year), which is debatable. He doesn't even think he's worth a niche role of being a third-down pass rusher on occasion.
Now, to be honest, I don't really understand how the Steelers came to that conclusion. The last time we saw Harrison in a role was during the second half of last year when he was the catalyst of the defensive turnaround.
Since then, Harrison didn't take part in any spring practices, maybe dressed for two training camp sessions while in Latrobe and took part in 48 preseason snaps.
The whole dynamic was just weird the entire season, I'm not denying that.
From Joey Porter coming out and saying that Harrison was going to be used as a reliever to Harrison not getting on the field early in the season to becoming a game day inactive to seemingly faux injuries popping up weekly that would explain why he wasn't being dressed. It was strange and the Steelers did him wrong by releasing him when they did.
“We make the decisions that we feel give us the very best chance to win,” Tomlin said on Tuesday. “We needed the people we kept. We needed to activate Marcus Gilbert. Really its nothing more to it than that.”
We aren't stupid. We see Daniel McCullers there being inactive week in and week out and it being highly unlikely that he will be with the Steelers next year. So, McCullers is more valuable than Harrison? Seems so, and maybe depth wise, he is.
So, when you think of it like that, then you have to say good for Harrison. If you have a chance to stick it to your former employee who you thought did you wrong, I say go for it.
In this instance, I would've said DON'T go for it.
Harrison is 39 and there's a reason why there's only been two other linebackers in the history of this league that's played the position in their 40s — Junior Seau and Clay Matthews Jr. It's a tough position on the body.
Regardless of what happens the rest of this year, Harrison may have another year left in him, but surely at another greatly reduced role. No team may want him after this year, who knows? He may be the catalyst for another Patriots' Super Bowl victory, who knows?
But is it worth the risk if you are Harrison? Is it worth damaging your legacy with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and trust me, there's a substantial legacy.
Harrison's popularity in this city rivaled that of Sidney Crosby and Andrew McCutchen and that was as little as six months ago — that's no exaggeration. And that's nothing to take for granted. That's a big thing.
Franco Harris went to Seattle and Mike Webster to Kansas City. That seemed wrong at the time and it proved to be such, but that was a different scenario and different circumstances.
This feels more like Hines Ward following the 2011 season. The Steelers were phasing him out during the season and decided to move from him after the season. But Ward thought he could still play and had some offers.
Ward decided to retire instead because he felt his legacy would be compromised by playing a final year in Jacksonville. That was a big deal to Ward.
Maybe a legacy is just not a big deal to Harrison, because he surely compromised it by trying to exact some prideful revenge. Some will point the finger at the Steelers being the catalyst to this all, but it is all Harrison.
I hope it's worth it, but likely it won't be anywhere near worth it regardless of what happens the rest of the season and that's a shame — a damn shame.

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Post by Legacy User » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:02 am

bam morris wrote:like finding out your wifes banging a neighbor u always hated..


LOL, I feel the same. I swear to god if he sacks Ben if we play the Pats again and he knocks Ben out for the game with a concussion or some big game deciding play I will go ape shit.

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Post by FortyThree » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:08 am

GreekSteel wrote:I find it very embarrassing bordering on humiliating that Tomlin would release a Steeler legend that is still a damn good situational pass rusmher, during the Christmas holidays and to have him shack up with the hated fucken pats, way to go Tomlin!


This is a weird thing to be embarrassed about.

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Post by Obviously » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:08 am

Old School Steeler wrote:I'm not saying this seals it, I am saying if we come out of the AFC it will be in spite of Tomlin. This was an emotional decision, don't even try to challenge the notion that there is one shred of logic behind this move.

This dumb fuck just motivated James to work his ass off and come back next year so they can humiliate Tomlin again on national TV season opener up in Foxboro next Sept.

Considering the league position its better than 50% that in Feb we'll look back and understand that the only shot we had was home field and Tomlin melted like an emotional 14 year old girl and cost us that game. If we could dissect his brain we'd see that the part that controls logic is wired to speech.


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Post by jeemie » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:08 am

Old School Steeler wrote:I'm not saying this seals it, I am saying if we come out of the AFC it will be in spite of Tomlin. This was an emotional decision, don't even try to challenge the notion that there is one shred of logic behind this move.

This dumb fuck just motivated James to work his ass off and come back next year so they can humiliate Tomlin again on national TV season opener up in Foxboro next Sept.

Considering the league position its better than 50% that in Feb we'll look back and understand that the only shot we had was home field and Tomlin melted like an emotional 14 year old girl and cost us that game. If we could dissect his brain we'd see that the part that controls logic is wired to speech.


Steelers get the Pats at Heinz Field again next year.

And speaking of emotions run wild...
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Post by randomsteelerfan » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:09 am

Old School Steeler wrote:I'm not saying this seals it, I am saying if we come out of the AFC it will be in spite of Tomlin. This was an emotional decision, don't even try to challenge the notion that there is one shred of logic behind this move.

This dumb fuck just motivated James to work his ass off and come back next year so they can humiliate Tomlin again on national TV season opener up in Foxboro next Sept.

Considering the league position its better than 50% that in Feb we'll look back and understand that the only shot we had was home field and Tomlin melted like an emotional 14 year old girl and cost us that game. If we could dissect his brain we'd see that the part that controls logic is wired to speech.


:lol:

Jesus, some of the shit I read on here is just ridiculous.

How can we make it out of the AFC “in spite” of Tomlin when he is the driving force for why we are in this position to begin with? You really believe this team isnt 100% Tomlin, thru and thru?

Also, we are supposed to be afraid that James Harrison, at 40 next year, is going to to surprise and humiliate the Steelers with his 10-15 snaps?

Lastly, Pats come to Heinz next year, so don’t get your panties in a wad worrying about an opener in Foxborough.

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Post by Obviously » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:15 am

KC wrote:
VASteelerGuy wrote:No more coffee for you.


Then FortyThree is out of a job!


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Post by jeemie » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:18 am

bam morris wrote:you know the more I think about this development the more I believe its bellichecks way of fucking with us fans; steelers coaches and players.. just another tidbit to get in our heads and react one way or another.. be interesting to see how much real game use they get outta him..
personally thought we shoulda been using the hulk much more.


If that was Belichick's plan, it's working on a lot of you.

Some of the bullshit I have read here on a supposedly "smart" football site...it's unreal.
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Post by Old School Steeler » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:30 am

Dec 17

I thought one of the factors in the lack of brain trust going turtle when we had a chance to salt it away was the hits on Ben. They hit him 7 days, bounced him off the turf a few and most of that was 2nd half. As usual Belicheck was two steps ahead of our genius and we didn't adjust. Belicheck now has a new toy for his next 2nd half plan.

The same brain who picked certain bust J.Jones 1st is lying (again) if he says that for 5-10 dedicated rushes he'd rather have Moats over James.

Maybe this motivates Tomlin's players, seeing the heat he's taking.

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Post by zeke5123 » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:38 am

1. I think we can all agree that 43 is a dick.

2. Tomlin is an idiot. Biggest rival in the AFC lacked pass rushing. Based on all available evidence, Deebo could still get after the passer. So, what do we do? Cut him because he spoke to the media about Tomlin's screw job?

3. With all of that said, need to get Bell lined up on Deebo for passing plays.

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Post by swissvale72 » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:38 am

GreekSteel wrote:
By Mark Kaboly 54 minutes ago
It sure has the feeling of a scorned lover, now doesn't it?
The Steelers unceremoniously dumped James Harrison two days before Christmas, after misleading him for months, just for him to instantly hook up with someone he knew darn well would hurt them the most.
Enter the New England Patriots.
Harrison — the Steelers' franchise leaders in sacks and a folk hero around these parts — signed with the Patriots on Tuesday, a day after Harrison cleared waivers. It ended a 14-year relationship between a player and a fan base that rarely has been seen before.
Sure, Joe Greene and Jack Lambert are loved and revered now and Troy Polamalu was as popular as any player ever to pull on a Steelers helmet during his playing days, but they all pale in comparison to the relationship Steelers fans had with Harrison.
Was there ever a city and a person more fit for one another?
And now, that's gone, and there's nobody to blame other than Harrison.
Harrison is a proud man and that's one of the big reasons why he was such a fan favorite — well, that and his no-nonsense, knock-your-head-off, bad-ass Deebo persona that he was more than happy to wear on his sleeve in the form of intimidation.
But being a proud man is something, unfortunately, he might look back on in the near future and regret. Now, knowing Harrison, he would never admit that, but that doesn't mean that isn't true.
There's only one reason why Harrison signed with the Patriots …
-It had nothing to do with having another chance to raise a Lombardi because if the Patriots go on and win the Super Bowl this year, you think that would be gratifying for a guy who was signed Week 17? It's the journey not the destination, right?
-It had nothing to do with money. By signing a one-year deal for likely the veteran minimum, he will be paid $59,000 for next week's game against the Jets and could get another $210,000 if the Patriots win the Super Bowl. For a guy who has made in excess of $43 million over his career, you can classify that as chump change.
-It had nothing to do with playing time. There's no guarantee that Harrison is going to get significant playing time with the Patriots. Surely, Bill Belichick has a role in mind for Harrison or he wouldn't have signed him, but what can the Genius glean from the 40 snaps he saw on tape from this year?
This all had to do with pride.
Mike Tomlin doesn't think that Harrison is good enough to warrant playing time over T.J. Watt and Bud Dupree, which he's right. Harrison's not better than those two.
Tomlin doesn't think Harrison's better than Arthur Moats or Anthony Chickillo (both free agents at the end of the year), which is debatable. He doesn't even think he's worth a niche role of being a third-down pass rusher on occasion.
Now, to be honest, I don't really understand how the Steelers came to that conclusion. The last time we saw Harrison in a role was during the second half of last year when he was the catalyst of the defensive turnaround.
Since then, Harrison didn't take part in any spring practices, maybe dressed for two training camp sessions while in Latrobe and took part in 48 preseason snaps.
The whole dynamic was just weird the entire season, I'm not denying that.
From Joey Porter coming out and saying that Harrison was going to be used as a reliever to Harrison not getting on the field early in the season to becoming a game day inactive to seemingly faux injuries popping up weekly that would explain why he wasn't being dressed. It was strange and the Steelers did him wrong by releasing him when they did.
“We make the decisions that we feel give us the very best chance to win,” Tomlin said on Tuesday. “We needed the people we kept. We needed to activate Marcus Gilbert. Really its nothing more to it than that.”
We aren't stupid. We see Daniel McCullers there being inactive week in and week out and it being highly unlikely that he will be with the Steelers next year. So, McCullers is more valuable than Harrison? Seems so, and maybe depth wise, he is.
So, when you think of it like that, then you have to say good for Harrison. If you have a chance to stick it to your former employee who you thought did you wrong, I say go for it.
In this instance, I would've said DON'T go for it.
Harrison is 39 and there's a reason why there's only been two other linebackers in the history of this league that's played the position in their 40s — Junior Seau and Clay Matthews Jr. It's a tough position on the body.
Regardless of what happens the rest of this year, Harrison may have another year left in him, but surely at another greatly reduced role. No team may want him after this year, who knows? He may be the catalyst for another Patriots' Super Bowl victory, who knows?
But is it worth the risk if you are Harrison? Is it worth damaging your legacy with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and trust me, there's a substantial legacy.
Harrison's popularity in this city rivaled that of Sidney Crosby and Andrew McCutchen and that was as little as six months ago — that's no exaggeration. And that's nothing to take for granted. That's a big thing.
Franco Harris went to Seattle and Mike Webster to Kansas City. That seemed wrong at the time and it proved to be such, but that was a different scenario and different circumstances.
This feels more like Hines Ward following the 2011 season. The Steelers were phasing him out during the season and decided to move from him after the season. But Ward thought he could still play and had some offers.
Ward decided to retire instead because he felt his legacy would be compromised by playing a final year in Jacksonville. That was a big deal to Ward.
Maybe a legacy is just not a big deal to Harrison, because he surely compromised it by trying to exact some prideful revenge. Some will point the finger at the Steelers being the catalyst to this all, but it is all Harrison.
I hope it's worth it, but likely it won't be anywhere near worth it regardless of what happens the rest of the season and that's a shame — a damn shame.


Kaboly has got it right. Harrison's name is mud in Pittsburgh. Fuck that guy.

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Post by jeemie » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:42 am

Zeke5123 wrote:1. I think we can all agree that 43 is a dick.

2. Tomlin is an idiot. Biggest rival in the AFC lacked pass rushing. Based on all available evidence, Deebo could still get after the passer. So, what do we do? Cut him because he spoke to the media about Tomlin's screw job?

3. With all of that said, need to get Bell lined up on Deebo for passing plays.


When Harrison is in the game, I go no huddle and run and pass right at him...don't give the Pats a chance to sub him out.
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Post by Legacy User » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:44 am

Old School Steeler wrote:Dec 17

I thought one of the factors in the lack of brain trust going turtle when we had a chance to salt it away was the hits on Ben. They hit him 7 days, bounced him off the turf a few and most of that was 2nd half. As usual Belicheck was two steps ahead of our genius and we didn't adjust. Belicheck now has a new toy for his next 2nd half plan.

The same brain who picked certain bust J.Jones 1st is lying (again) if he says that for 5-10 dedicated rushes he'd rather have Moats over James.

Maybe this motivates Tomlin's players, seeing the heat he's taking.

Oh, okay, we're going to pick out a Tomlin-drafted player that didn't work out and ignore all the ones that have, huh? How about Watt?

What heat is Tomlin taking other than on message boards and talk shows?

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Post by Legacy User » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:46 am

swissvale72 wrote:
GreekSteel wrote:
By Mark Kaboly 54 minutes ago
It sure has the feeling of a scorned lover, now doesn't it?
The Steelers unceremoniously dumped James Harrison two days before Christmas, after misleading him for months, just for him to instantly hook up with someone he knew darn well would hurt them the most.
Enter the New England Patriots.
Harrison — the Steelers' franchise leaders in sacks and a folk hero around these parts — signed with the Patriots on Tuesday, a day after Harrison cleared waivers. It ended a 14-year relationship between a player and a fan base that rarely has been seen before.
Sure, Joe Greene and Jack Lambert are loved and revered now and Troy Polamalu was as popular as any player ever to pull on a Steelers helmet during his playing days, but they all pale in comparison to the relationship Steelers fans had with Harrison.
Was there ever a city and a person more fit for one another?
And now, that's gone, and there's nobody to blame other than Harrison.
Harrison is a proud man and that's one of the big reasons why he was such a fan favorite — well, that and his no-nonsense, knock-your-head-off, bad-ass Deebo persona that he was more than happy to wear on his sleeve in the form of intimidation.
But being a proud man is something, unfortunately, he might look back on in the near future and regret. Now, knowing Harrison, he would never admit that, but that doesn't mean that isn't true.
There's only one reason why Harrison signed with the Patriots …
-It had nothing to do with having another chance to raise a Lombardi because if the Patriots go on and win the Super Bowl this year, you think that would be gratifying for a guy who was signed Week 17? It's the journey not the destination, right?
-It had nothing to do with money. By signing a one-year deal for likely the veteran minimum, he will be paid $59,000 for next week's game against the Jets and could get another $210,000 if the Patriots win the Super Bowl. For a guy who has made in excess of $43 million over his career, you can classify that as chump change.
-It had nothing to do with playing time. There's no guarantee that Harrison is going to get significant playing time with the Patriots. Surely, Bill Belichick has a role in mind for Harrison or he wouldn't have signed him, but what can the Genius glean from the 40 snaps he saw on tape from this year?
This all had to do with pride.
Mike Tomlin doesn't think that Harrison is good enough to warrant playing time over T.J. Watt and Bud Dupree, which he's right. Harrison's not better than those two.
Tomlin doesn't think Harrison's better than Arthur Moats or Anthony Chickillo (both free agents at the end of the year), which is debatable. He doesn't even think he's worth a niche role of being a third-down pass rusher on occasion.
Now, to be honest, I don't really understand how the Steelers came to that conclusion. The last time we saw Harrison in a role was during the second half of last year when he was the catalyst of the defensive turnaround.
Since then, Harrison didn't take part in any spring practices, maybe dressed for two training camp sessions while in Latrobe and took part in 48 preseason snaps.
The whole dynamic was just weird the entire season, I'm not denying that.
From Joey Porter coming out and saying that Harrison was going to be used as a reliever to Harrison not getting on the field early in the season to becoming a game day inactive to seemingly faux injuries popping up weekly that would explain why he wasn't being dressed. It was strange and the Steelers did him wrong by releasing him when they did.
“We make the decisions that we feel give us the very best chance to win,” Tomlin said on Tuesday. “We needed the people we kept. We needed to activate Marcus Gilbert. Really its nothing more to it than that.”
We aren't stupid. We see Daniel McCullers there being inactive week in and week out and it being highly unlikely that he will be with the Steelers next year. So, McCullers is more valuable than Harrison? Seems so, and maybe depth wise, he is.
So, when you think of it like that, then you have to say good for Harrison. If you have a chance to stick it to your former employee who you thought did you wrong, I say go for it.
In this instance, I would've said DON'T go for it.
Harrison is 39 and there's a reason why there's only been two other linebackers in the history of this league that's played the position in their 40s — Junior Seau and Clay Matthews Jr. It's a tough position on the body.
Regardless of what happens the rest of this year, Harrison may have another year left in him, but surely at another greatly reduced role. No team may want him after this year, who knows? He may be the catalyst for another Patriots' Super Bowl victory, who knows?
But is it worth the risk if you are Harrison? Is it worth damaging your legacy with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and trust me, there's a substantial legacy.
Harrison's popularity in this city rivaled that of Sidney Crosby and Andrew McCutchen and that was as little as six months ago — that's no exaggeration. And that's nothing to take for granted. That's a big thing.
Franco Harris went to Seattle and Mike Webster to Kansas City. That seemed wrong at the time and it proved to be such, but that was a different scenario and different circumstances.
This feels more like Hines Ward following the 2011 season. The Steelers were phasing him out during the season and decided to move from him after the season. But Ward thought he could still play and had some offers.
Ward decided to retire instead because he felt his legacy would be compromised by playing a final year in Jacksonville. That was a big deal to Ward.
Maybe a legacy is just not a big deal to Harrison, because he surely compromised it by trying to exact some prideful revenge. Some will point the finger at the Steelers being the catalyst to this all, but it is all Harrison.
I hope it's worth it, but likely it won't be anywhere near worth it regardless of what happens the rest of the season and that's a shame — a damn shame.


Kaboly has got it right. Harrison's name is mud in Pittsburgh. Fuck that guy.

I thought guys that helped us win super bowls got special exemptions. You hope they toil in obscurity the rest of their careers but don't wish injury on them?

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Post by Legacy User » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:49 am

TB wrote:I predict Harrison breaks the NFL single game record and has 8 sacks on Sunday. I'd put good money on it actually.

After his 8th and final sack of the day, a play on fourth down that seals the Patriots victory and #1 seed in the playoffs, Harrison will rip off his jersey to reveal a custom undershirt. The front will read "Eat shit, Mikey T!" and the back will feature a rather distasteful drawing of the ghost of Dan Rooney on his knees groveling at a massive 12" wang of Robert Kraft playfully bouncing in front of his face. Later, some will say at the right angle you can even see a slight sparkle coming from Kraft's eye looking down upon the sheepish Rooney.

Thousands will rush the field, lifting Harrison onto their collective shoulders in a scene that will echo the ending to Rudy but here the fans will chant "Tomlin sucks, Tomlin sucks!" instead. Effigies of Mike Tomlin will be hung from trees, tarred and feathered, torn apart by dogs, and doused with fire hoses -- all of which will in no way be racially motivated at all.

The Patriots will win each playoff game by 30 or more points, culminating in a 60-3 win over the Vikings in a SB. The 60 points pairing up with their 6 SB trophies. Tom Brady and James Harrison will both immediately announce they are returning for #7 next season while Ben Roethlisberger retires, Le'veon Bell signs with the San Francisco 49ers, and Todd Haley signs a 4 year extension.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by jeemie » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:49 am

Poltargyst wrote:I thought guys that helped us win super bowls got special exemptions. You hope they toil in obscurity the rest of their careers but don't wish injury on them?


Probably that exemption is null and void if they go and sign with the Patriots.
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Post by swissvale72 » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:50 am

Good to know you're paying attention, Poltargyst.....that's damn near verbatim from The Manifesto. You're right....we'll take toiling in obscurity in Foxboro. But still....Fuck that Guy!!

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Post by Legacy User » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:51 am

If he plays, he might be going against Beachum, no?

Then a bye. Then possibly Fisher. Then possibly Villanueva.

2 guys he practiced against a lot. 1 he owns.

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Post by Legacy User » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:52 am

Jeemie wrote:
Poltargyst wrote:I thought guys that helped us win super bowls got special exemptions. You hope they toil in obscurity the rest of their careers but don't wish injury on them?


Probably that exemption is null and void if they go and sign with the Patriots.

And rightfully so.

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Post by Legacy User » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:53 am

swissvale72 wrote:Good to know you're paying attention, Poltargyst.....that's damn near verbatim from The Manifesto. You're right....we'll take toiling in obscurity in Foxboro. But still....Fuck that Guy!!

LOL, okay.

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Post by Legacy User » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:54 am

I'm going to say Harrison doesn't see the field vs. the Jets.

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Post by jeemie » Wed Dec 27, 2017 4:00 am

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